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Example 36-143
Ô thêka m’me? – Inga,
bêbê
thô ma n thêka
bêbê
.
Ô
2sg
thêka
prog
m’me?
eat
–
–
Inga,
no
bêbê
drink
thô
foc
ma
rel
n
1sg
thêka
prog
bêbê.
drink
Are you eating? – No, I'm drinking.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork data 2008
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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